Art

News about Art, including commentary and archival articles published in The New York Times.

Chronology of Coverage

Mar. 2, 2015

Side Street column; profile of Fernando Miteff, Bronx graffiti artist known as Nic 707 in the 1970s who has found his way back to art form that he abandoned for decades; Miteff has created new method that involves slipping pieces into empty advertising frames on subways and then removing them when train reaches end of the line. MORE

Mar. 2, 2015

National Museum of Iraq in Baghdad has officially reopened for first time in 12 years, in response to destruction of ancient artifacts in country's north by Islamic State militants; museum suffered extensive losses and looting following 2003 American invasion but has since recovered hundreds of items. MORE

Feb. 27, 2015

Islamic State undertakes rampage against Assyrian Christians of northeastern Syria, taking at least 300 people captive; release video of members destroying priceless works of ancient Assyrian art inside the Mosul Museum in Iraq, in what art historians describe as catastrophic loss; offensive is seen as latest attempt to eradicate or subordinate all opponents and minorities in self-declared caliphate, as well as to provoke anger in the West. MORE

Feb. 27, 2015

Picasso painting stolen from Centre George Pompidou in Paris some time between 1998 and 2001 is discovered in FedEx shipment from Belgium to Newark and will be returned to France. MORE

Feb. 27, 2015

Feb. 27, 2015

Randy Kennedy Inside Art column; seminal works by Trisha Brown Dance Company will be presented at 101 Spring; Sotheby's will auction complete set of Nicholas Nixon photo series The Brown Sisters; international sampling of artists will participate in High Line park's spring exhibition Panorama. MORE

Feb. 27, 2015

Roberta Smith reviews Gagosian Gallery exhibitions In the Studio: Paintings, at its Chelsea location, and In the Studio: Photographs, at its Upper East Side location. MORE

Feb. 27, 2015

Feb. 27, 2015

Martha Schwendener reviews exhibit of paintings by Merlin James at Sikkema Jenkins & Company gallery. MORE

Feb. 27, 2015

Roberta Smith reviews exhibit of works by sculptor Louise Nevelson at Pace Gallery. MORE

Feb. 27, 2015

Martha Schwendener reviews exhibit of works by Jim Lee at Nicelle Beauchene gallery. MORE

Feb. 26, 2015

New York City Ballet displays works by visual artist Dustin Yellin in promenade of David H Koch Theater as part of third annual Art Series, which is designed to attract new audience to dance. MORE

Feb. 25, 2015

Art critics, collectors and curators oppose decision by Mexico City's Museo Jumex to cancel controversial exhibition by Hermann Nitsch, saying cancellation has damaged museum's credibility; show would have included works like The Last Supper, canvases splattered with blood and black paint, along with videos of art performances involving animal viscera. MORE

Feb. 23, 2015

Museum of Fine Arts, Boston exhibition Restoring a Legacy: Rothschild Family Treasures will showcase items donated by Bettina Burr, granddaughter of Alphonse and Clarice de Rothschild, that were looted by Nazis and finally restored to family. MORE

Feb. 21, 2015

Two previously unknown works by Paul Cezanne are discovered by conservators on reverse side of watercolors bought by collector Albert C Barnes in 1921; Barnes Collection museum will display works briefly in double-sided frames, despite strict bylaws that prohibit it from moving or rearranging any works. MORE

Feb. 20, 2015

Roberta Smith reviews exhibition Kehinde Wiley: A New Republic at Brooklyn Museum. MORE

Feb. 20, 2015

Ken Johnson reviews exhibition Sculpture in the Age of Donatello: Renaissance Masterpieces From Florence Cathedral at Museum of Biblical Art. MORE

Feb. 20, 2015

Graham Bowley Inside Art column; excerpts from conversation with Edward Dolman, chairman and chief executive of Phillips auction house, about current economics of art world; Armory Show will emphasize quality over quantity with significantly fewer exhibitors than in previous years; Hauser & Wirth is constructing new space in Chelsea to replace its 18th Street gallery. MORE

Feb. 20, 2015

Feb. 20, 2015

Ken Johnson reviews exhibit of works by Saya Woolfalk at Leslie Tonkonow gallery. MORE

Feb. 20, 2015

Martha Schwendener reviews exhibit of works by Reuben Cox at Blackston gallery. MORE

Feb. 20, 2015

Roberta Smith reviews works by Lucy Skaer in exhibitions at Murray Guy gallery and Peter Freeman Inc. MORE

Feb. 19, 2015

Magnificent Obsessions: The Artist as Collector, current exhibit at Barbican Art Gallery in London, highlights tendency among artists to collect objects that do not always have direct relationship to their work. MORE

Feb. 16, 2015

The photographer Donald Graham has sent cease-and-desist letters to the artist Richard Prince and the Gagosian Gallery, requesting that they stop displaying or disseminating any artworks or other materials that include Mr. Graham’s images. MORE

Feb. 15, 2015

Art museums across United States, including Metropolitan Museum of Art, are banning use of so-called 'selfie sticks' within their galleries; fear that long, pointy devices, used to enhance self-portraits on cameras and phones, could pose danger to collections and infringe on experience of other visitors. MORE

Feb. 15, 2015

Feb. 15, 2015

Exhibition XL: Large-Scale Paintings from the Permanent Collection, at Vassar College's Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center in Poughkeepsie, offers 19 paintings dating as early as 1948; offerings, in three galleries, have rarely been displayed because of their size, with most of the works more than six feet long (Metropolitan/Westchester). MORE

Feb. 14, 2015

Francis X Clines Editorial Notebook describes experience of visiting Museum of Modern Art at midnight to see cutout works by Henri Matisse during exhibit's 55-hour closing; says it is testament to Matisse's power as an artist that so many are willing to visit museum during wee hours to see his work, and that late hour lends works an alluring, hallucinatory quality. MORE

Feb. 13, 2015

Feb. 13, 2015

Ken Johnson reviews exhibition From Ancient to Modern: Archaeology and Aesthetics at Institute for the Study of the Ancient World at New York University. MORE

Feb. 12, 2015

“Boy and Girl Gazing at the Moon (Puppy Love),” a 1926 painting, was donated to the museum’s permanent collection. MORE

Feb. 9, 2015

Victoria and Albert Museum in London raises 2.8 million pounds, or $3.8 million, needed to purchase Wolsey Angels, statues made in 1524 by Italian sculptor Benedetto da Rovezzano for tomb of Cardinal Thomas Wolsey. MORE

Feb. 8, 2015

William Alden It's the Economy column notes state-of-the-art art-storage facility erected in Queens by company Uovo is indication of how art market is booming, along with small ecosystem of art service providers; describes how Uovo's facility is in many ways designed to reduce friction in art market, and turn physical art objects into liquid assets. MORE

Feb. 8, 2015

New Museum’s 2015 Triennial features over 50 artists and art collectives from around world exploring ideas of 'post-Internet' and 'post-human' existence. MORE

Feb. 6, 2015

Swiss collector Rudolf Staechelin reportedly sells 1892 Paul Gauguin oil painting of two Tahitian girls for near $300 million, one of the highest sums believed to have been paid for a piece of artwork; piece has been on loan to Kunstmuseum Basel for nearly half-century. MORE

Feb. 6, 2015

National Gallery of Art has begun process of taking works from recently dissolved Corcoran Gallery of Art into its own collection; is set to open temporary exhibitions of American paintings and works on paper from Corcoran collection. MORE

Feb. 6, 2015

Robin Pogrebin Inside Art Column; Blanton Museum of Art plans to construct artist Ellsworth Kelly's unrealized 1986 stone building; art collector Adam Lindemann is set to open Venus Over Los Angeles gallery; Neue Galerie exhibition Gustav Klimt and Adele Bloch-Bauer: The Woman in Gold is planned to open in conjunction with film Woman in Gold; Whitney Museum of American Art continues to build its collection. MORE

Feb. 6, 2015

Martha Schwendener reviews installations by James Benning and Peter Hutton at Miguel Abreu gallery. MORE

Feb. 6, 2015

Roberta Smith reviews exhibit of paintings by Jess Fuller at Martos Gallery. MORE

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March 2, 2015, Monday

The best-known images of the civil rights era were often dramatic and shocking, intentionally so, to jar a nation into action. But James Barker provided a quieter, insider’s perspective to the daily struggle.

Reem Fadda, an associate curator, says that while there are institutions that honor Arab and Middle Eastern art, the Guggenheim Abu Dhabi will place the work of Arab artists side by side with that of their international counterparts.

The Guggenheim Abu Dhabi will be 12 times the size of the landmark Guggenheim museum in New York. To fill it with art, the curators first plan out the space with scaled-down models and tiny silver people.